An American Airlines flight bound for Spain was forced to make an emergency landing due to a "maintenance issue" involving an overflowing toilet. The flight, which had just taken off from Dallas , had to land unexpectedly at John F.Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Wednesday night.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the issue arose shortly after takeoff when crew members noticed the plane's bathroom was overflowing, reports Daily Star. Terrifying moment Alaska Airlines plane shakes violently in emergency landing American Airlines flight makes emergency landing after man 'exposes himself' An American Airlines spokesperson confirmed: "On August 7, American Airlines flight 36 with service from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Madrid (MAD) diverted to New York (JFK) due to a maintenance issue." They added: "The aircraft landed normally and is scheduled to re-depart [Thursday] evening on a new aircraft.
We never want to disrupt our customers' travel plans and apologise for the inconvenience." In response to the incident, American Airlines offered its passengers overnight accommodations while a new plane was prepared for the continuation of their journey. This incident follows less than a month after a worldwide Microsoft outage compelled American Airlines to ground all flights, along with several other major corporations.
While this wasn't the airline's fault, there have been other instances where planes had to make an unscheduled stop for revolting reasons. DON'T MISS: Man 'haunted' by American Airlines crash dream saw it ultimately came true Skydiver, 28, killed after 'dust devil' hits parachute and sends her into spin Elon Musk's SpaceX flight hit by setback over safety concern In one shocking case, a Delta airlines flight en route to Amsterdam was rerouted to JFK when multiple passengers fell ill due to spoiled food. Just last month, one of American Airlines' Boeing 737 aircraft was forced to abort takeoff when one of its wheels exploded on the runway in Florida .
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